# How to use? "N - Add/Edit a note" in the map screen

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843 "2016-11-01T09:04:37Z")
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### Author: ![Nhatorama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nhatorama](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nhatorama)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843/1 "2016-11-01T09:04:37Z")

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I can make notes just fine, it’s just that I can’t figure out how to use custom symbols and/or colors.

Can someone enlighten me?

[url=https://postimg.org/image/45tucblp9/] ![](https://s6.postimg.org/45tucblpd/How_to_add_custom_symbols_and_or_colors.jpg)

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### Author: ![egomassive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/egomassive/32/381_2.png) [@egomassive](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/egomassive)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843/2 "2016-11-01T09:44:51Z")

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Here’s an example:

!:R;Mine Field

Result on the map: A red exclamation point, with the attached description, “Mine Field”

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### Author: ![BeerBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843/3 "2016-11-01T14:35:41Z")

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Map symbol - Color - Text  
First : then ;  
Default/fallback map symbol is N, if nothing else is defined by the user  
Default/fallback color is yellow, if nothing else is defined by the user

Adding an example to the note input window would be helpful for newbs. Here’s a few more:

M:R;Minefield – Red M, description reads “Minefield”.  
R;Minefield – Red N, description reads “Minefield”. In this example no letter is given, so the game uses N.  
B:B – Yellow B, description reads “B”. I use this to quickly mark barracks areas in labs. Here no color is given, hence the default yellow.  
P:P – Yellow P, descrption reads “P”. For lab prison containment areas.  
P:Potato chips – Yellow P, description reads “Potato chips”.  
C;Ice Lab – Cyan N, description reads “Ice Lab”.  
R;Roadblock – Red N, description reads “Roadblock”.

I should make a suggestion (alternative system) that’s more user-friendly…

bonus info:  
Dark blue L in labs (created by default) means there’s a downstair somewhere in that square.  
Cyan L is for the main loot room, which is found in every lab.

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### Author: ![Nhatorama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nhatorama](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nhatorama)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-use-n-add-edit-a-note-in-the-map-screen/12843/4 "2016-11-02T06:55:55Z")

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Thank you egomassive and BeerBeer. Bookmarking this post in case I forget 😃

[quote=“BeerBeer, post:3, topic:12843”]Adding an example to the note input window would be helpful for newbs. Here’s a few more:

I should make a suggestion (alternative system) that’s more user-friendly…[/quote]  
Agree